George wakes up, enters his bathroom and looks in the mirror. He opens the bathroom cabinet and stares for a moment. Then he enters his son's room,rips the fenders off all of his sons model cars, puts them in a box, and heads into town

Would he have ripped off the fenders if he had not opened the bathroom cupboard? If he had not looked in the mirror? If he had not entered the bathroom? All of these actions are relevant as to why he ripped off the fenders.

Was he angry at his son? Was it his bathroom cabinet? His son's? His wife's? Did he find something in it that caused his reaction? Did he find something missing that caused his reaction? Was he concerned for the safety of his son? Did he actually take the box with the car fenders into town? Did he plan on selling them?

Did he find something in it that caused his reaction?yesDid he find something missing that caused his reaction? yesWas he concerned for the safety of his son? noDid he actually take the box with the car fenders into town?yesDid he plan on selling them?no but...

Was the reflective surface of his bathroom mirror screwed up (chipped, flaking, or otherwise messing up reflections)? Did he want to melt the fenders down to get the metal they were made of? Did he want the metal to fix the mirror?

Was the reflective surface of his bathroom mirror screwed up (chipped, flaking, or otherwise messing up reflections)? Did he want to melt the fenders down to get the metal they were made of? Did he want the metal to fix the mirror? no to all

If not, were the fenders made of metal? plastic? another material? Irr

Was he planning on using the fenders in town? When he looked in the mirror did he see something unusual? About his own appearance? About something behind him? If someone else had seen him that morning, would they have noticed anything unusual?

When he looked in the mirror did he see something unusual? noAbout his own appearance? no but relevant About something behind him? noIf someone else had seen him that morning, would they have noticed anything unusual? noeyebrows relevant?no

Did he see something about himself that was usual but that he had never noticed before? Did he always look in the mirror when he went into the bathroom in the morning? Did he always go into the bathroom in the morning?

Did he need specifically the fenders (as in, the ones that belonged to his son's model cars)? Could they have been fenders from the same kinds of models but that didn't belong to his son? Could something else (or several something elses) of the same width? length? depth? size? shape? material? color? density? have sufficed for his purposes?

Did he actually want the fenders for some purpose? Or was having them in the box enough for what he needed? Was the combination of the fenders and the box relevant (i.e., did they serve a purpose together as one item)? Did the box serve any purpose other than as a way to carry the fenders?

Did he see something about himself that was usual but that he had never noticed before? noDid he always look in the mirror when he went into the bathroom in the morning? yesDid he always go into the bathroom in the morning?yes

Did he need specifically the fenders (as in, the ones that belonged to his son's model cars)? no but...Could they have been fenders from the same kinds of models but that didn't belong to his son?yes Could something else (or several something elses) of the same width? length? depth? size? shape? material? color? density? have sufficed for his purposes? if all of those conditions were met, yes, though we can have some exclusions on color and material.

Did he actually want the fenders for some purpose?yesOr was having them in the box enough for what he needed? noWas the combination of the fenders and the box relevant (i.e., did they serve a purpose together as one item)? noDid the box serve any purpose other than as a way to carry the fenders Yesish, the purpose it was used for still involved it "carrying" the fenders

So we should find out the object that was missing in the cabinet? Is it something you would typically find in a bathroom cabinet? Is it linked to fenders? linked to Georges son? did his son take the object away? Are other people involved? Is any misunderstanding involved? Any bet? Did George want to punish his son? Did he take off the fenders of the right sides? left? front? rear? all? Did anything relevant happen before? involving: George? his son? the bathroom cabinet? the missing object? the fenders? other persons? a place to be found out? Did his son built the cars? his father? or were they already finished when his son got them? What is he going to do in town: go to a shop? meet someone?

So we should find out the object that was missing in the cabinet? yesIs it something you would typically find in a bathroom cabinet? yes but..Is it linked to fenders? nolinked to Georges son?nodid his son take the object away? noAre other people involved? yesishIs any misunderstanding involved?noishAny bet? noDid George want to punish his son? noDid he take off the fenders of the right sides? left? front? rear? all? all fenders, but not bumpers. fenders are only on the sides of carsDid anything relevant happen before? involving: George? yes his son?no the bathroom cabinet? no the missing object? yes the fenders? no other persons? noish a place to be found out? yes

Did his son built the cars? his father? or were they already finished when his son got them? all Irrelevant

What is he going to do in town: go to a shop? no meet someone? no

when we say model cars, are we talking about to ymodels or showroom models? Irr And when we talk about fenders I assume we're talking about the car part and not a electric guitar yes

was the thing missing from the bathroom cabinet taken by someone? By George? his son? someone else? Did George know who had taken it? Is it just one object that was missing? Is the object still in the house? Is it now in town? In his son's bedroom?

The relevant thing he saw when he looked into the mirror: on his body? in his face? something about his clothes? Was it the first time he saw the thing? Was the object missing in the cabinet solid? made of: metal? wood? paper? cardboard? glass? stone? concrete? tissue? organic material? plastic? rubber? Had it been in the cabinet before? The place where something happened before: in a building? in a vehicle? outside?

The relevant thing he saw when he looked into the mirror: on his body? yes in his face? ON his face something about his clothes? noWas it the first time he saw the thing? noishWas the object missing in the cabinet solid? noishmade of: metal? wood? paper? cardboard? glass? stone? concrete? tissue? organic material? this one plastic?and this one rubber? Had it been in the cabinet before? yes

The place where something happened before: in a building? noish in a vehicle? yes outside? yesish

The relevant thing he saw when he looked into the mirror: did it belong to his face? a wound? a foreign object? was it on his eye? ear? nose? mouth? cheek? chin? forehead? neck? hair? did it develop over night? Was the object missing in the cabinet liquid? partly? gaseous? partly solid? heavier than 1g? 10g? 100g? 1kg? 10kg? was it a part of a human body (say blood)? Was the vehicle a car? relevant what kind of car? was it Georges vehicle? was he in it? relevant where the vehicle was?

The relevant thing he saw when he looked into the mirror: did it belong to his face? yes

a wound? a foreign object? was it on his eye? ear? nose? mouth? cheek?this one chin? and this one forehead? neck? hair? yes did it develop over night? yes

Was the object missing in the cabinet liquid? yes partly? in a sense, for two reasons, one of which should now be blatantly obvious gaseous? partly solid? What type of solid are you asking about? Newtonian? animorphous? something else? heavier than 1g? 10g? 100g? 1kg? 10kg? Heavier than 100 g, lighter than 1kg

was it a part of a human body (say blood)? noWas the vehicle a car? yes relevant what kind of car? no was it Georges vehicle? irr was he in it? yes relevant where the vehicle was? yes

Is the thing George noticed missing from the bathroom something that would commonly be found in a bathroom? Is it a liquid in a plastic bottle? If so: mouthwash? Shaving cream? Rubbing alcohol? Some kind of medicine?

Is there more to be found out about the nature of the shaving cream? Did he take off the fender just because he could not shave? Would the story work with an electric razor instead of the shaving cream? Did the relevant situation when George was in the car happen years? months? days? hours before? Did he drive? Park the car anywhere? get off? take the highway? drive through a town? countryside? Was he shaved? did he shave himself? did he have the shaving cream with him? did he lose it anywhere? give it to someone? get if from someone?

Is there more to be found out about the nature of the shaving cream? what do you mean by "nature of?"Did he take off the fender just because he could not shave? yes, but FAWould the story work with an electric razor instead of the shaving cream? no

Did the relevant situation when George was in the car happen years? months? days? this one hours before?

Did he drive? George was not the driverPark the car anywhere? get off? take the highway? this one drive through a town? countryside? this one

Was he shaved? did he shave himself? He didn't shave - there was no shaving cream

did he have the shaving cream with him? did he lose it anywhere? give it to someone? get if from someone? no to all

Would taking the fenders help him get more shaving cream? yesHelp him shave without cream? noHelp him get shaved by someone else? noIs he attempting to trick someone? Noish Trade with someone? yesish

Was he simply out of shaving cream? this one Or did something relevant happen to it?

Does someone else want model car fenders? Is there something else that can be done with the fenders (other than car modeling)? If so, will he do it? Will he give it to someone who will do it? And does it involve shaving?

Does someone else want model car fenders? no but...Is there something else that can be done with the fenders (other than car modeling)? yesishIf so, will he do it? yesWill he give it to someone who will do it? fa but he is giving the fenders to someone else And does it involve shaving? no but...

Are the fenders of the car he took before relevant? Is the car driver relevant? Is anything he saw in the countryside or on the highway relevant? Did he do anything relevant in the car? Did he exchange the fenders for shaving cream? In the end was he able to shave? Is the number of fenders relevant? Would one fender be sufficient? Would fenders of a real car work for what he wanted to do? Is there a wordplay involved?

Are the fenders of the car he took before relevant? I'm not entirely sure what you are asking here. It is relevant that he took fenders, what car they are from is notIs the car driver relevant? noIs anything he saw in the countryside or on the highway relevant? yes Did he do anything relevant in the car? noDid he exchange the fenders for shaving cream? YES!!!

In the end was he able to shave? IrrIs the number of fenders relevant? no Would one fender be sufficient? yes Would fenders of a real car work for what he wanted to do? yes

The relevant thing he saw in the countryside: related to shaving cream? a building? infrastructure? a vehicle? a person? part of nature? water? Did the thing he saw give the idea to exchange fenders for shaving cream? Are the fenders of the car in which he was sitting relevant (I hope the question is clearer now)? Did the exchange of the fenders for shaving cream involve: a person? a shop? a building? a vehicle? a place where you usually find shaving cream? a place where you usually find fenders? an illegal action? money? Was the shaving cream he got in a standard receptacle? like the one he had before? Is it relevant why there was no more shaving cream in the bathroom cabinet? Why did he not just buy shaving cream: he had no money? there was no open shop nearby? he wanted a particular shaving cream? getting shaving cream was not the only reason for the exchange? he was a bit weird? someone had told him to do so?

The relevant thing he saw in the countryside: related to shaving cream? yesish a building? no infrastructure? define instrastucture a vehicle? no a person? no part of nature? no water? noDid the thing he saw give the idea to exchange fenders for shaving cream? YES!Are the fenders of the car in which he was sitting relevant (I hope the question is clearer now)? noDid the exchange of the fenders for shaving cream involve: a person? noish - a person needed to be involved though a shop? no a building? only in the sense that the fenders had to be delivered to one a vehicle? no a place where you usually find shaving cream? YES a place where you usually find fenders? no an illegal action? no money? noWas the shaving cream he got in a standard receptacle? yeslike the one he had before? yesIs it relevant why there was no more shaving cream in the bathroom cabinet? no

Why did he not just buy shaving cream: he had no money? possibly there was no open shop nearby? no he wanted a particular shaving cream? yesish getting shaving cream was not the only reason for the exchange? no he was a bit weird? no someone had told him to do so? yope

See wikipedia for a definition of infrastructure. Driving in the car, did he see any relevant man made structure for: transport? communication? energy supply? water supply? Did he see any relevant object? The place he went to with the fenders: a hairdresser's/barber's shop? a hotel? Is there any reason why he wanted to make this exchange instead of buying shaving cream? Is there more to be found out about the particular shaving cream he wanted? Was it new? already used? by himself?

See wikipedia for a definition of infrastructure. it is not necessary for the economy to function Driving in the car, did he see any relevant man made structure for: transport? no communication? yes energy supply? no water supply? no Did he see any relevant object? relevant to why he ripped off the fenders/wanted to exchange them for shaving cream? - yes

The place he went to with the fenders: a hairdresser's/barber's shop? a hotel? none of these

Is there any reason why he wanted to make this exchange instead of buying shaving cream? wouldn't everyone prefer to exchange model car fenders for shaving cream instead of buying it? Or perhaps he was doctapeppa's grandfather

Is there more to be found out about the particular shaving cream he wanted? yes but you can solve it without knowing more about it Was it new? yes already used? no - can you reuse shaving cream?? that sounds a bit silly. by himself? so no

Was it a billboard for a product? shaving cream? something related to cars? a billboard for a company? Was the relevant thing he saw on the billboard a photo? graphism? text? Did he interpret the billboard correctly?

Was it a billboard for a product? yes shaving cream? yes something related to cars? yes a billboard for a company? yesWas the relevant thing he saw on the billboard a photo? no graphism? no text? yesDid he interpret the billboard correctly? yope

Which of the following words did the text of the billboard include: car? fender? shave? cream? change? buy? you? drive? wheel? street? highway? hair? beard? skin? Do we need to find out the exact text? Did it consist of one senctence? Of how many words did it consist, 1? 2? ...? Was it a billboard for a car company? a shaving cream company?

Which of the following words did the text of the billboard include: car? yes fender? yes shave? yes cream? no change? no buy? noyou? yopish

drive? wheel? street? highway? hair? beard? skin? no to all of these

Do we need to find out the exact text? no Did it consist of one senctence? no Of how many words did it consist, 1? 2? ...? about twentyWas it a billboard for a car company? no a shaving cream company? yes

was this sort of a publicity gimmick? did the company indeed offer to exchange fenders for shaving cream? if so: was the offer meant serious? did the man just want to find out whether the company would honour it for good? (given that a toy car is usually more expensive than a jar of shaving cream) Is there a reason why he ripped off all fenders and not just one? was the offer to weigh off the fenders with shaving cream?

Is it relevant that he was in a car when he saw the billboard? Is it relevant that not he was driving? Was there a relevant conversation between him and the driver? Are any words or expressions with double meanings involved? Was the place he went to with the fenders a shaving cream company? the factory of the company? was this place mentioned on the billboard?

was this sort of a publicity gimmick? no did the company indeed offer to exchange fenders for shaving cream? yes if so: was the offer meant serious? yopedid the man just want to find out whether the company would honour it for good? (given that a toy car is usually more expensive than a jar of shaving cream) he expected them to honor it - remember he didn't give them a toy car, just the fendersIs there a reason why he ripped off all fenders and not just one? yes but not really relevant was the offer to weigh off the fenders with shaving cream? no

Is it relevant that he was in a car when he saw the billboard? yes Is it relevant that not he was driving? only so that he could read Was there a relevant conversation between him and the driver? noAre any words or expressions with double meanings involved? noWas the place he went to with the fenders a shaving cream company? noish the factory of the company? nowas this place mentioned on the billboard? noish

Did he read exactly the text that the company intended to put on the billboard? If not, had the billboard been printed out correctly? was there any graffiti or similar on the billboard? had there been vandalism? So if he had read the billboard by walking by on the side of the road the puzzle wouldn't work? Would the puzzle work if he had been on the back seat of a motorcycle? Why was there a reference to cars and fenders in the text of the billboard: to attract people driving by in a car? to announce a special offer linked to cars? it was a clever advertising text with a subtle link between cars and shaving cream? Apart from the text was there anything else relevant about the billboard? Did he know the place where he went with the fenders only through the billboard? Had he been at this place before?

Did he read exactly the text that the company intended to put on the billboard? yes If not, had the billboard been printed out correctly? see prev was there any graffiti or similar on the billboard? no had there been vandalism?no

So if he had read the billboard by walking by on the side of the road the puzzle wouldn't work? You would not be walking where he saw the billboard (this is based on a true story). This question is irrelevant to the puzzle thoughWould the puzzle work if he had been on the back seat of a motorcycle? yes

Why was there a reference to cars and fenders in the text of the billboard: to attract people driving by in a car? yes to announce a special offer linked to cars? no it was a clever advertising text with a subtle link between cars and shaving cream? noApart from the text was there anything else relevant about the billboard? noDid he know the place where he went with the fenders only through the billboard? no Had he been at this place before? yes

this question Was the place he went to with the fenders a shaving cream company? should be answered "no"

Did the company have in mind real car fenders, not fenders from toy cars? did they expect that the material (recycling) value of a car fender is much higher than that of a jar of shaving cream? So that they could make a profit on this exchange? Did they want the people to collect thrown away fenders? and so, to clean up the motorways? or did it have new (not yet damaged) fenders?

.. wait, did the billboard sign say "rip the fenders off your car"? and the man took it literal? (that is, just rip them off, not send them in) so, he took the fenders, went to the store, showed them, collected the jar of shaving cream, and put the fenders back?

Did the company have in mind real car fenders, not fenders from toy cars? yesish did they expect that the material (recycling) value of a car fender is much higher than that of a jar of shaving cream? no So that they could make a profit on this exchange? noDid they want the people to collect thrown away fenders? no and so, to clean up the motorways? noor did it have new (not yet damaged) fenders? no

.. wait, did the billboard sign say "rip the fenders off your car"? yes and the man took it literal?yes (that is, just rip them off, not send them in) noso, he took the fenders, went to the store, showed them, collected the jar of shaving cream, and put the fenders back? no